THE CFPB Gives an Inside Look at Its New HMDA Portal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled its latest portal created to satisfy changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The agency gave the mortgage industry a first look at the gateway in August. [...]
Private Lender Capital Options
Having a robust, diversified and scalable capital structure is paramount for all financial firms. This includes large commercial and investment banks as well as private lenders. This means private lenders would have multiple sources of [...]
4 Steps to Creating a Customer
Often you hear the adage that it takes five to seven touches in marketing for someone to make a decision. Lifelong marketers and those who study trends have developed four steps every person takes before [...]
Building Your Private Money Lenders Dream Team
With the Right Players You Can Accomplish Anything Famously known as the “Dream Team,” the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team not only won the gold medal but went down in history as one [...]
New Credit Reporting Rule Takes Effect
Most civil judgments and many tax liens won’t show up on borrowers’ credit reports A significant change has taken effect in how Americans’ credit reports are compiled, but it’s not clear yet exactly what impact [...]
China Running RE Development in U.S.
Over the last several years, Chinese investment has assumed an increasingly influential role in U.S. commercial real estate. In 2016 alone, Chinese investors spent $15.1 billion on commercial property here, representing 46 percent of Chinese [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight
Christopher Hoeffel from CoreVest American Finance, New York is our featured member this month. Here is a little more insight about himself and his business. How long have you been an AAPL member? Two Years [...]
CIVIC Financial Services Lends Supports to Victims of Hurricane Harvey
CIVIC employees assemble 1,000 Dignity Backpacks for evacuees at Houston NRG Stadium Following the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Civic Financial Services held a company-wide relief effort to lend support and supplies to evacuees. CIVIC private [...]
Lima One Capital Acquires RealtyShares’ Residential Debt Origination Business
Lima One Capital, the premier lender for residential real estate investors, announced today that it has acquired the residential debt origination business of RealtyShares, a leading online marketplace for real estate investing and financing. Lima [...]
Warning: Cold Calls from Elite Expo, Expo Housing, Exhibitors House Services
It has been brought to our attention that there are multiple companies contacting our sponsors, claiming to represent the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) offering “assistance” with registration and hotel bookings. Three such reported companies [...]
The Financial Choice Act Is it Time for a Dodd Frank Haircut?
Recently, the House Financial Services Committee voted to approve the Financial Choice Act, a 500+ page bill introduced by U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, the Committee chairman. The bill proposes to fix many issues [...]
Crowdfunding and Self-Directed Retirement: A Union of Investor Empowerment Vehicles
Crowdfunding has a key role in democratizing the investment arena by exposing regular people to new asset markets and by giving small companies new ways to raise necessary capital. Previously, prospective investors may have sought [...]
The Status of Real Estate Crowdfunding
Real estate crowdfunders have disrupted the status quo of residential real estate investing with online platforms that put new opportunities — once the domain of the wealthy — into the hands of Main Street America. [...]
Crowdfunding and Self-Directed Retirement: A Union of Investor Empowerment Vehicles
Crowdfunding has a key role in democratizing the investment arena by exposing regular people to new asset markets and by giving small companies new ways to raise necessary capital. Previously, prospective investors may have sought [...]
6 Areas of Focus for Corporate Culture Improvement
A healthy corporate culture can have amazing results on a company’s bottom line. Improved productivity, employee retention, customer service and effective recruiting are just a few of the benefits of a positive culture. Effective recruitment [...]
What Crowdfunding Can Teach Us About Corporate Social Responsibility
There are few things that can truly influence and touch almost every facet of a business and its stakeholders. There are even fewer aspects that have the power to change the mission and reputation of [...]
Private lenders to gain insight from industry experts
Daren Blomquist to be keynote speaker at American Association of Private Lenders’ Annual Conference KANSAS CITY, Mo. – August 3, 2017 – American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) will hold its eighth annual conference Sunday, [...]
PeerStreet Integrates with Personal Capital to Provide More Detailed Investment Overview
PeerStreet customers will now be able to see their investments inside of Personal Capital PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has announced an integration with Personal Capital, powered by the [...]
Raising Money Locally with Rule 147: An easy and cost-effective strategy
The problem with raising money usually comes in three forms: Advertising issues Accredited investor issues Cost issues Under Regulation A, you can solve #1 and #2 by qualifying an offering with the Securities Exchange Commission [...]
The State(s) of Cannabis
The Unites States is entering into its seventy-eighth year of cannabis prohibition. It is a violation of federal law to distribute cannabis throughout any place in the Unites States. It is estimated the national cannabis [...]
